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Rick Heitzman

7 statements across 1 episodes · 5 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Nov 13, 2023 by Rick Heitzman · across every show →

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Nov 13, 2023 positive
Insight
Heitzmann: Media appearances and branding primarily accelerate founder and investor matching
“And it's really just a way not to increase a personal brand or a firm brand, but accelerate the matching process in this grand scheme of things.”
Rick Heitzman Nov 13, 2023 ▶ 1:04:54 Rick Heitzmann – New York Venture Investing at FirstMark Capital (EP.350)
Nov 13, 2023 neutral
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Heitzmann: Prolonged discussion dilutes focus on a startup's single most critical factor
“The longer you talk about something, the more you dilute the most important thing.”
Rick Heitzman Nov 13, 2023 ▶ 1:05:56 Rick Heitzmann – New York Venture Investing at FirstMark Capital (EP.350)
Nov 13, 2023
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Heitzmann: Extreme venture returns require executing on multiple non-consensus theses simultaneously
“If you're doing multiple non-consensus things and you're able to execute, that's how you create the Grand Slam home runs, the Shopify's, the Pinterest's, the Riot Games of the world.”
Rick Heitzman Nov 13, 2023 ▶ 31:33 Rick Heitzmann – New York Venture Investing at FirstMark Capital (EP.350)
Nov 13, 2023 positive
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Heitzmann: Admitting 'I don't know' disarms pushback and improves decision-making
“I find saying, I don't know, an incredibly empowering thing to say, very disarming, where if people want your opinion or trying to push you for something, just saying, I don't know, gives them no way to really push anymore, and also invites them into a convers…”
Rick Heitzman Nov 13, 2023 ▶ 1:07:53 Rick Heitzmann – New York Venture Investing at FirstMark Capital (EP.350)
Nov 13, 2023 bullish
Disclosure
FirstMark seeded Pinterest based on non-consensus mobile and social discovery theses
“Because we aligned with the way the entrepreneur was thinking, we decided to do a seed investment in Pinterest.”
Rick Heitzman Nov 13, 2023 ▶ 29:23 Rick Heitzmann – New York Venture Investing at FirstMark Capital (EP.350)
Nov 13, 2023 bullish
Disclosure
FirstMark backed Riot Games on a non-consensus games-as-a-service thesis
“So all three of those things were non-consensus and why we decided to do the first round of Riot Games.”
Rick Heitzman Nov 13, 2023 ▶ 30:33 Rick Heitzmann – New York Venture Investing at FirstMark Capital (EP.350)
Nov 13, 2023 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
John Doerr and Mike Moritz were always fully prepared for board meetings
“I sat on a board at a company called Elance, which became Upwork with John Doerr years ago. He was always the first person in his seat at board meetings. He was always on time, always read the materials. I also spent some time with Mike Moritz, who was also, n…”
Rick Heitzman Nov 13, 2023 ▶ 1:05:14 Rick Heitzmann – New York Venture Investing at FirstMark Capital (EP.350)
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